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A Religion of Peace? Islam and its Heritage of Nonviolence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Amitabh Pal
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Diogenes , Volume 61 , Issue 3-4: Theories and Practices of Non-Violence , August 2014 , pp. 71 - 81
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